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Based in one of St Giles’ offices across Wales, Cardiff, Newport, Swansea or Wrexham with frequent travel across Wales (hybrid working to be considered)

Are you an influential, collaborative and compassionate individual with a proven record of managing and supervising staff to successfully deliver services with KPIs, quality standards and/or targets?  Do you have experience of working in or managing services supporting male offenders (age 18+) in community settings?

If so, St Giles is looking for a Financial Wellbeing Project Manager to join our team and support the management of HMPPS Contracts delivering Financial Wellbeing services across Wales.

About St Giles Trust 
An ambitious, well-established charity that helps people facing adversity to find jobs, homes and the right support they need.  Central to our ethos is our belief that people with first-hand experience of successfully overcoming issues such as an offending background, homelessness, addictions and gang involvement, hold the key to positive change in others.

About this vital role

Our successful candidate’s focus will be to provide operational management support across one or more contracts awarded by the HMPPS to deliver Finance, Benefit and Debt (FBD) services in Wales.  This will see you provide leadership and operational management support in debt and welfare benefits to a team of Financial Wellbeing Coaches (FWCs), Team Leaders and Administration team employed in the delivery of the contracts, and to plan and support the day-to-day workload for the team and setting performance objectives with the team and monitor progress.

You will also be expected to monitor and manage all aspects of delivery and performance to ensure compliance with policy and procedures and to manage partnerships including local and national delivery partners and any agencies with whom we are developing referral arrangements. Developing and maintaining strong working relationships with local Wales Probation managers and staff and other external stakeholders is an essential part of this role, as is providing regular reports in a range of formats to the Service Manager and monitoring use of the Customer Approved Database including regular reports on usage to ensure accuracy and timeliness of inputting by teams.

What we are looking for

• Experience of working in or managing services supporting challenging people
• Experience in working in or managing multi-agency partnerships working towards common objectives and outcomes
• Evidence of training at specialist level in money and/or welfare benefits advice from an accredited training provider
• Knowledge and understanding of the requirements of managing a caseload
• Wide range of money advice knowledge, budgeting, dealing with priority and non-priority debts, County Court/High Court options, insolvency options and welfare benefits
• Ability to coach and mentor staff to motivate and facilitate optimum performance in a team
• Strong IT, interpersonal and communication skills, both verbal and written.

As an organisation that works with children and adults at risk we are committed to safeguarding, protecting and promoting the safety of our clients and successful applicants will require an Enhanced Child and Adult with Child Barred DBS Check.

We actively encourage people with personal experience of the criminal justice system or lived experience of the issues facing this client group to apply for this role.

In return, you can expect a competitive salary, generous leave allowance, staff pension, flexible working, a mentoring programme, an advice and counselling service, clinical therapist sessions, life insurance (4 x annual salary), duvet days, season ticket loan, employee perks programme, eye care voucher and much more.

We are an equity and inclusion confident employer. We welcome all applications and we particularly encourage applications from people of the global majority (black, brown, multi- heritage) and those who identify as disabled, neuroexpansive, neurodiverse, with any protected characteristics and/or social barriers or challenges. We value the empowering and informative impact that all lived experiences and diversity of thought can offer the organisation.

St Giles will guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria set out in the Job Description for the vacancy.

To apply please request an application form from our HR Team, via the apply button, stating the job title and ref number.

Closing date: 10 November 2024. Interview date: TBC 2024.

Teaching and Learning Assistant - The Rise Sixth Form, co-located with West Thames College Isleworth

Full Term term time only - 8.30 to 4.30pm

Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of autistic young people? Are you patient, understanding, and eager to provide individualised support? Look no further! Due to growth, we have an incredible opportunity for you to join our dedicated team as a Teaching and Learning Assistant at our renowned school.

 At The Rise Sixth Form we aim to build aspirations, to inspire and to motivate learners so that they have the opportunity to make the best choices in life and reach their full potential.

All learners at The Rise Sixth Form will have a personalised timetable and will follow an individual learning programme designed to fulfil the aims and ambitions of the learners. Also sixth form learners will learn alongside staff and peers, and will be encouraged to develop their individuality and achieve their potential.

At our school, we believe in fostering a nurturing environment that celebrates the unique abilities and strengths of each learner. As a Teaching and Learning Assistant, you will play a vital role in helping our learners thrive academically, emotionally, and socially. This is a chance to positively impact the lives of extraordinary individuals and make a genuine difference in their journey. When learners are not in lessons located at the West Thames College they will be supported at the sixth form base. Staff will be on hand to help learners prepare for lessons, support with coursework assignments, and help students review their learning and prepare for exams. Learners will also be supported with time management, revision skills, essay writing and exam access and arrangements

We are looking for empathetic and adaptable individuals, who thrive under pressure and have a natural ability to solve challenges. You will also need physical and emotional resilience to work with young people with a primary diagnosis of Autism, some of whom have other complex needs. You will be keen to use our positive behavioural approach, have a commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.

Closing date: Friday 8th November 2024

Start Date: January 2025

Interviews will be held on Wednesday 13th November 2024

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response. Apply today and start your exciting career with The Rise School!

 Why join us? 

•  We are committed to CPD, where you can access a wide range of training and development opportunities to support your personal and professional development
• We offer a wide range of wellbeing activities including yoga, cooking classes and zumba 
• Competitive annual salary and pension scheme 
• Employee Assistance Programme, to help you balance your work, family and personal life 
• Free Perkbox subscription offering benefits of particular services at reduced costs

 The Safeguarding responsibilities of the post as per the job description and personal specification.
Whether the post is exempt from the rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendment to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2021. This means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected', so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS Filter Guidance.

Ambitious about Autism is fully committed to equality of opportunity and diversity and we warmly welcome applications from all suitably-qualified candidates. We welcome applications regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, disability, or age. All applications will be considered solely on merit. 

Ambitious about Autism is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check. 

Care Coordinator

We have a fantastic opportunity for a highly motivated, driven, and talented Care Coordinator to join a growing employee-owned organisation and to make a real impact on the quality of care and support that is delivered to customers and local communities.

Position: Care Coordinator
Location: Leeds Office (Beeston)
Job type: Permanent, Full-time 9-5pm
Salary: £27,000 per annum + generous on-call payments

About the role:

You will plan and organise care, establishing effective rotas for well-trained care teams, minimising travel, and maximising care continuity, enabling care colleagues to spend as much time as possible with the people they support. You will be a skilled communicator, sharing important information, ensuring people receive the care they need.

Your key responsibilities will include:

Coordination of Care

• Create consistent runs and rotas, matching customers, and colleagues to maintain high levels of care continuity.
• Ensure care calls are covered in advance, to minimise the impact of unplanned colleague absences.
• Work with the Trainer to schedule training and shadowing for care colleagues, providing cover for their care calls or negotiating additional time for training compliance.

Maintaining accurate records and information for:

• Care calls, ensuring they are scheduled to meet the needs, wishes and preferences of the people we support.
• Colleague records, their availability, absences, location and travel, and other important information to ensure you know who is available to work each day.
• Contact logs and other records of communication on the care system.

Care Quality and Customer Satisfaction

• Communicate with the people we support, their families and care colleagues regarding new care services and changes to care services.
• Establish and maintain professional relationships with the people we support, their families, colleagues, and external partners/services.
• Communicate in a timely manner, responding to concerns and issues - intervening early, resolving issues before they escalate, keeping colleagues informed and requesting support when needed.

About you:

We are looking for an exceptional and credible candidate with demonstrable knowledge, experience, and skills related to:

• Coordinating and scheduling care calls, runs and rotas. Creating efficient runs, minimising travel to enable care colleagues to spend more time with the people we support.
• Prioritising your workload, working under time pressures, keeping calm and focusing on the task at hand, being proactive pro-active to prevent concerns and complaints.
• Compassionate communication with the people we support and their families, care colleagues, GPs, District Nurses, Social Workers, and others.
• Collaboration with colleagues, using information and data to help inform your understanding, discussions with others, and decision-making - being responsive to complaints from the people we support and their families).

The organisation are committed to the personal and professional career development of all colleagues. They have career development pathways and actively encourage progression within the organisation. They offer supported learning and access to accredited qualifications through apprenticeship programmes. If successful, you will be supported to have tools and resources needed to do fulfil your role and ‘Be the Best you can be’.

Other roles you may have experience of could include: Support Coordinator, Care Support Coordinator, Carer, Support Worker, Care Worker, Support Worker, Carer, Care Team Leader, Support Team Leader, Volunteering Manager, Volunteer Coordinator, Support Group, Support and Advice, Social Care, Carer Support, Support Service, Vulnerable Adult, Social Care and Support Officer, Rehabilitation Coordinator, Volunteering Manager, Care and Support Officer, Social Care Worker, etc. #INDSCP

PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by Social Care People on behalf of the organisation.

HMP Wealstun  

Ref: PPA-243

Are you a proactive, collaborative and compassionate individual with a proven track record of working with services/clients within the criminal justice sector, accommodation and advice/support services?  Looking for an exciting new career opportunity?

If so, join St Giles as an Accommodation Adviser, a key role where you will be required to provide tailored accommodation support to men in custody and under probation supervision in the community, with the aim of supporting them to overcome barriers to obtaining secure and stable accommodation so that they can successfully reintegrate into society.

About St Giles Trust 
An ambitious, well-established charity that helps people facing adversity to find jobs, homes and the right support they need.  Central to our ethos is our belief that people with first-hand experience of successfully overcoming issues such as an offending background, homelessness, addictions and gang involvement, hold the key to positive change in others.

About this exciting opportunity

Our successful candidate will complete an Initial Needs Assessment, using a strength-based approach within agreed contractual timeframes, before dynamically assessing need and risk, alerting to changes that could indicate change in risk or serious harm, including personal safety and safeguarding.  You will be expected to contribute to the design and delivery of an effective accommodation plan which is solution focused and practical, and to advise and support Service Users to achieve outcomes informed by your specialist housing knowledge and comprehensive understanding of accommodation and local service provision.

We will rely on you to engage with and motivate challenging service users from a diverse range of backgrounds, often with multiple and complex needs, while also maintaining and building new relationships with both social and private housing providers to improve sustainable housing outcomes for our service users, and promoting effective working relationships within the criminal justice sector. Monitoring progress and recording on digital systems, plus coordinating and facilitating interactive group work sessions, are also key duties.

What we are looking for

• Experience of working as part of a high-performing team
• Experience of using digital technology and providing evidence for external audit purposes
• Demonstrable knowledge of housing and an understanding of the main issues affecting homelessness and rehabilitation of offenders
• A detailed understanding of the Homelessness Reduction Act
• An understanding of how staff with lived experience can provide additional value
• Ability to demonstrate knowledge and awareness of the issues faced by our client group
• Sound knowledge of the UK criminal justice system
• Full UK Driving Licence preferred with access to a vehicle for work
• Excellent prioritisation, interpersonal and communication skills, both verbal and written

As an organisation that works with children and adults at risk we are committed to safeguarding, protecting and promoting the safety of our clients and successful applicants will require an Enhanced Adult and Adult with Barred DBS Check.

We actively encourage people with personal experience of the criminal justice system or lived experience of the issues facing this client group to apply for this role.

In return, you can expect a competitive salary, generous leave allowance, staff pension, flexible working, a mentoring programme, an advice and counselling service, clinical therapist sessions, life insurance (4 x annual salary), duvet days, season ticket loan, employee perks programme, eye care voucher and much more.

We are an equity and inclusion confident employer. We welcome all applications and we particularly encourage applications from people of the global majority (black, brown, multi- heritage) and those who identify as disabled, neuroexpansive, neurodiverse, with any protected characteristics and/or social barriers or challenges. We value the empowering and informative impact that all lived experiences and diversity of thought can offer the organisation.

St Giles will guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria set out in the Job Description for the vacancy.

To apply please request an application form from our HR Team, via the apply button, stating the job title and ref number.

Closing date: 5/11/ 2024. 11:00pm Interview date: TBC

Previous applicants need not apply.

The Urban Tree Canopy Trainee will join our Urban Tree Canopy Coordinator at the forefront of involving local communities in our tree-planting & urban greening projects around the Glasgow City Region and engage people in taking action for trees and the environment.

Do you love trees and want to learn more about them? Do you enjoy engaging directly with people? Are you passionate about connecting communities with environmental action? Then Trees for Cities needs you!

Reporting to the Youth Engagement Manager, you will be responsible for supporting the delivery of our Trees for Climate Action (TfCA) project funded by the National Lottery Community Fund. The project aims to bring people together, creating opportunities for young people (up to 30). The project will deliver intergenerational, tree-related activities for young people to build their knowledge and learn new skills from environmental professionals and experienced volunteers, mobilising young people to take positive action against climate change. This opportunity will also support the ambitious Clyde Climate Forest (CCF) partnership initiative across the Glasgow City Region.

ABOUT TREES FOR CITIES

Trees for Cities is an ambitious, far-reaching organisation.

Trees for Cities is the only charity that focuses on planting, protecting and promoting urban trees across the UK and overseas. We are a rapidly growing and developing organisation that suits ambitious, dedicated and passionate staff.

We are looking for energetic and organised individuals to support and deliver our community engagement activities for urban forest projects and initiatives. This involves planning, delivering, and reporting back on community consultations, educational workshops, public tree planting events and other activities.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

The role is public facing, so we are looking for confident and adaptable communicators who are comfortable engaging residents in a range of communities, schools, and interest groups, and who are passionate about trees, and the environment.

We are seeking individuals who are happy to work hands-on, outdoors in all weathers at a variety of locations, and over some weekends, with TOIL (time off in lieu), as well as being comfortable working indoors in an office environment. We want practical and organised people capable of coordinating event logistics and are keen to support everything from small scale workshops to public community events.

Trees for Cities is committed to the principles of equal opportunity. We value diversity and are committed to promoting diversity within the workplace. We aim to ensure that our employees achieve their full potential and that all employment decisions, including recruitment, are taken without reference to irrelevant or discriminatory criteria. A full copy of our Equal Opportunities Policy can be provided on request.

HOW TO APPLY

Please visit our website to view the full job description. To apply for the role of Urban Tree Canopy Trainee, please send your CV and supporting statement (on no more than 2 sides of A4) outlining why you are interested in the role and your fit with the Person Specification with the subject heading ‘Urban Tree Canopy Trainee’. 

Please note we are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this role, you must therefore have a valid right to work in the UK to apply.

The deadline to apply is: 4th November 2024

Interviews are scheduled for: Week commencing 18th November 2024

If you are shortlisted for interview, you will normally be contacted within two weeks after applying. If you do not hear from us within this period then you should assume that on this occasion you have not been selected for interview.

Trees for Cities is the first UK environmental organisation to have been awarded social value certification. Trees for Cities is an equal opportunities employer. Registered Charity No: 1032154.

Previous applicants need not reapply. No Agencies Please.

The main purpose of this role is to provide energy advice to householders by telephone and email. You will be expected to provide information to help householders and clients access the appropriate support while maintaining accurate and detailed records of all interactions with clients.

Pay and conditions

• The role is fixed term (12 Months), full-time (37.5 hours per week). We will consider application for a minimum of 22.5 hours per week.
• The salary for the role will be £23,465.
• You will be entitled to 25 days paid holiday (plus statutory holidays).

CSE offer a range of benefits including, subsidised bike purchase and Tech Scheme, Life Assurance, Health Cash plan, retail discounts and discounted breakdown cover and many more.

We will pay fees and expenses on relevant training courses.

Specific responsibilities

An applicant appointed to the role will be expected to:

• To work on the advice line and/or other telephone advice projects making and receiving calls from people who may need help with energy related issues.
• To record client details and use knowledge to assess help and support needed.
• To refer clients onto other support organisations in their area as appropriate.
• To identify energy improvements that can be made to clients’ properties and refer to installers who can fit them.
• To help vulnerable clients make applications for grants and switch energy tariffs where appropriate.
• To listen attentively to callers (some of whom may be in distress) and respond to their needs in an empathetic way.
• To be familiar with and adhere to advice line protocol, processes and procedures.

To see a more detailed list of responsibilities please see the supporting documents attached. These documents are also available to download from our website.

Essential attributes for this role include:

• Minimum Maths/English GSCE or equivalent.
• Experience of giving advice, customer service or helping others in some capacity.
• Ability to respond to clients in a respectful and engaging manner.
• Ability to work in a team.
• Ability to maintain admin systems independently and accurately.
• Able to take responsibility for your own work and seek support where necessary.
• Highly organised at managing time and workload.
• Skilled in use of MS office applications including Word, Excel and Outlook.

Please note, the above is an overview of the skills required for this role. To see the full list of essential and desirable skills please see the attached job description.

How to apply

To apply, please download and complete the application form available from our website. Your application should demonstrate your suitability for the role against the criteria outlined in the person specification.

The closing date for applications is 17:00 on Monday 18 November 2024.

Interviews are expected to take place Tuesday 26 November and Wednesday 27 November 2024, though this is subject to change.  

If invited to interview, we will ask you to provide evidence of eligibility to work in the UK.

Creative Content Officer
Location: Flexible remote (with monthly meetings / team days at our office in Horsham, West Sussex) with a requirement to attend events in person
Salary: £28,000 per annum (FTE)
Level: Grade 4 and B
Hours: Part-time, 21 hours per week (to include Tuesday)
Contract: Permanent

Who is Born Free?

Born Free is a UK registered charity that works tirelessly to ensure that all wild animals, whether living in captivity or in the wild, are treated with compassion and respect, and are able to live their lives according to their needs. We oppose the exploitation of wild animals in captivity and campaign to keep them where they belong – in the wild.

About this opportunity

Are you excited about incredible content and the reaction it gets from an audience? Do you know what works, what doesn’t, and why? Do you thrive by creating engaging stories? Do you love the challenge of creating short form video content that engages audiences? Do you know how to harness and amplify a brand message to create authentic experiences and interactions with our community? 

We are looking to recruit a Creative Content Officer who can take our captivating stories, spanning nearly 40 years of conservation and wild animal welfare, and deliver them to today’s diverse audiences in exciting, creative and contemporary ways, engaging people of all ages.

Under the leadership of the Digital Marketing Lead, working alongside the Social Media Officer and with the support of the Communications Officer, you’ll create visual content, including video and graphics for the delivery of all Born Free’s digital channels, including – but not limited to –  fundraising appeals, adoption stories, stories from the field, including conservation and animal rescue and relocation, and news stories from the policy team working tirelessly to campaign for strengthened national and international legal protection for wildlife. 

You will have the incredible opportunity to translate our powerful narrative, outstanding achievements, and ambitious plans to all touchpoints on social, working directly with our programmatic and marketing teams and the Co-Founder. You'll build and grow our engagement and conversions by tailoring content to our different audiences.

The Creative Content Officer will need to have the energy and hands-on attitude to thrive in a lean, fast-paced environment with strong focus on outstanding content, accuracy and performance. This role requires a truly collaborative approach, embracing all aspects of the Foundation’s overall work, and an understanding of how your work affects, and is affected by, the work of everyone around you.

Responsibilities & Duties

• Working under the direction of the Digital Marketing Lead, and collaboratively with the Social Media Officer, develop and create impactful and engaging visual content, with a focus on video and graphics, for our social media and digital marketing channels to grow our social media audiences
• Ensure content is adapted / suitable for specific channels / audiences and is in line with brand aesthetics and identity
• Manage multiple video projects simultaneously
• With the Head of Communications and PR, work with external freelance editors when required
• Identify consumer trends to help with planning social media campaigns.
• Analyse competitor activity and keep your pulse on the latest social media trends
• With the Social Media Officer, create a flexible, proactive and reactive content calendar for all social that enhances the broader programmatic, marketing and leadership plans.
• Ensure that the BFF’s brand is consistent across every platform
• Live and breathe our brand voice and style guides, and continue to develop them through content, alongside
• On occasion schedule content on Sprout Social and respond be on the rota for social media community management.

Our Ideal Candidate

• Strong filming and editing skills in Adobe Creative Cloud, Adobe Express and CapCut
• Lives and breathes video – thrives on creating content that genuinely connects with audiences.
• Inclusive, creative, courageous, discerning, curious, and devoted to Born Free, its Mission, and its followers.
• In tune with current trends
• Comprehensive, nuanced understanding of all social platforms, including emerging creative sensibility and a keen eye for look and feel
• Work with the Social Media Manager’s analysis of data to maximise engagement of visual content
• Highly-motivated self-starter; capable of working independently, yet collaboratively, within a fast-paced environment.
• Quick-thinking, agile, creative, hands-on, resilient, stress-tolerant, problem-solver.

Required Skills

• Adobe Creative Cloud including excellent skills in Premier Pro (After Effects a bonus)
• Ability to create engaging and highly visual content that tells a story and drives engagement, from our archive of video and photography, or filming on phone or DJI Osmo.
• A strong understanding of social media video strategies
• A genuine curiosity and interest in both current affairs, wildlife related news, and sector-wide developments.
• A solid understanding of the use of a range of social media platforms, particularly in relation to advertising/branding and customers.
• Knowledge and understanding of algorithms and search engine optimisation.
• Strong communication and people skills for articulating ideas to colleagues and the wider organisation.
• Excellent teamworking, collaboration and networking skills.

Further Information:

Note: This job description outlines the roles, duties, and responsibilities of the post. It is not intended to detail all specific tasks. Born Free reserves the right to alter the content of this job description to reflect the changing needs of the organisation but is a correct reflection of the main duties of the post at the time of writing. Please note this role will require working outside of normal working hours from time to time.

Our excellent benefits package includes opportunities for continuous professional learning, a generous annual leave entitlement, working from home with regular team meetings to help you maintain a healthy work-life balance, wellbeing support, and a competitive pension.

The closing date for applications is 17.00 on Friday 1st November 2024.
Interviews will be scheduled to take place week commencing 11th November on Teams.

If you do not receive an invitation for an interview by the 8th November 2024 then you have unfortunately not been shortlisted. Thank you for your interest. 

Interested?
If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.

Born Free is an Equal Opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates, regardless of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital/civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity. We welcome requests for flexible working.

Born Free politely requests no contact from recruitment agencies or media sales. We do not accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.

Job Title: Gardener Project Officer for Young Marketeers Sheffield

Position Type: Freelance

Reports to: Development Manager

Based at: Home-working and at schools in Sheffield

Working Hours: 14 days @ £165 per day from March – July (£2310); 8 x school gardening sessions at £110 per session plus 1 day planning @ £220 (£1100). Total budget £3,410 + expenses

Contract: Temporary 

Job Purpose

· To manage the delivery of Young Marketeers in Sheffield in four primary schools

Background to School Food Matters

School Food Matters (SFM) exists to teach children about food and to improve children’s access to healthy, sustainable food during their time at school. We provide fully funded food education programmes to schools. Our experience delivering these programmes informs and strengthens our campaigns, bringing the voices of children, parents and teachers to government policy.

Young Marketeers

This much-loved programme was started in London in 2012. It is now running in 12 cities across England and is funded by the National Lottery Community Fund for three years.  The programme provides hands-on opportunities for children from primary schools to grow fruit and veg from seed to sell at their local market. Young Marketeers is also a platform for School Food Matters to promote food education to schools and communities as a way to support children to live happy and healthy lives.  Children learn the art of growing veg from seed, and market traders will share their secrets on how to create a winning market stall.  Primary schools will be visited by our gardener in March/April and then again in May/June and receive further tips on how to ensure a bumper crop. And in July, they head to the market to sell their produce, and to meet the mayor!

Key Tasks include:

· Recruit four schools to take part in Young Marketeers

· Build and maintain relationships with teachers, teaching assistants and senior leaders to ensure the smooth running of the project

· Build and support relationships with contacts in partner organisations

· Schedule, organise and deliver

o One assembly in each school

o Two food growing sessions in each school

o One market trader training session in each school

o Market Day in the city centre in July for four schools

· Maintain accurate records relating to the programme

• Complete monitoring and evaluation forms in accordance with instructions from our Evaluation team
• Take photos of workshops and events where possible
• Keep Development Manager fully updated on progress

· Keep up to date with safeguarding requirements and reporting procedures

• Maintain the ethos of the charity and positively promote our work at all times

Person specification

Essential  

· Experience of delivering food growing sessions to children

· Knowledge of fruit and vegetable growing

· Excellent administrative and organisational skills with great attention to detail

· Excellent IT skills including excel, word and email

· Experience of building relationships with partner organisations and individuals 

· Ability to work in a team, and seek help when needed

· Self-motivated and optimistic with a can-do attitude

Desirable  

· Experience of working for a charity or not for profit organisation

Experience of working in primary schools and engaging children

About the role

Resuscitation Council UK’s (RCUK) Communications and Engagement team delivers creative communications and authentic engagement activities that support the organisation’s vision to ensure that everyone in the UK has the skills they need to save a life and receive appropriate resuscitation.

Our audiences include health and social care professionals, members of the public, charities, professional bodies and associations, UK policymakers and campaigning groups.

We are looking for a creative self-starter with a passion for digital marketing and skilled in community management. 

You need to be a motivated and enthusiastic marketer who is comfortable working on impactful campaigns which have a wide and diverse reach. You should be confident bringing healthcare-related stories to life through different digital channels. You should also take a hands-on approach to all areas of marketing and understand the nuances, advantages and shortcomings of using different platforms.

You will be responsible for delivering outputs from our social media as well as leading on our email communications. You will analyse and evaluate the results of these campaigns and use insights to drive development, with support from the Digital Media and Marketing Manager.

Led by the Digital Media and Marketing Manager, you will also produce website content, support on paid advertising and creation of branded merchandise.

Digital marketing plays a key role in our ability to raise awareness for, and build the profile of, Resuscitation Council UK, our guidelines, courses, and standards. Working with other members of the Communications and Engagement team, you will support on digital aspects of campaigns and initiatives to further public awareness of cardiopulmonary resuscitation, defibrillation and support for survivors.

The post holder will work closely with all members of the Communications and Engagement, Governance, Operations, Clinical and Service Development departments and build strong relationships with the wider resuscitation community. Equality, diversity and inclusion will be important principles considered in all elements of work.

Main responsibilities and duties

Website, SEO & PPC

• Write/produce, build and publish content for the RCUK website, including articles, features, statements and updates, ensuring diversity and inclusion is considered in everything we do.
• Ensure all content, imagery or files uploaded to the website are of an optimal file size and comply with accessibility guidance e.g., alt text, descriptive links.
• Support the Digital Media and Marketing Manager to deliver the SEO priorities for the organisation and increase RCUK’s reach. 
• Use insight (e.g., Google Analytics, Google Search Console, Crazy Egg, surveys etc) to identify content gaps and opportunities for website improvements in line with user requirements.

Campaigns

• Support the communications and engagement team to deliver on key integrated campaigns across the year. 
• Support on the delivery of marketing and communications strategies for core RCUK products: including generating sales for commercial products such as e-Lifesaver and paid events such as conferences through digital marketing and direct communications.
• Support the Media and Campaigns team with asset creation and amplify media opportunities via our digital channels 
• Support the Policy and Public Affairs team with uploading policy briefings and maintaining resource repositories 
• Identify hooks and opportunities to promote RCUK’s work and increase digital engagement.

Email Marketing

• Project manage the delivery of email marketing communications in line with the organisation’s aims and objectives to engage our core audience with RCUK’s work.
• Support on the delivery of our annual BAU email communications calendar. 
• Evaluate the impact of RCUK emails activity, through regular analysis of emails sent, and use this insight to get a better understanding of how audiences are engaging with our email content and to continually improve email communications
• Ensure all emails are sent in line with General Data Protection Regulation (or GDPR).
• Support the development of a new email strategy to support business growth (e.g. e-Lifesaver prospects through sales journey) and audience segmentation. 

Social media

• Create, curate and share high quality social media content using a range of different and innovative formats. 
• Monitor RCUK’s social media portfolio and identify opportunities for RCUK expansion onto other social media platforms in line with organisational objectives and where the audiences we are trying to reach are. 
• Respond to comments across our social media channels and build support within our online community through engaging in conversations. Answer queries (liaising with other teams as required) and escalate any reputational issues to the Digital Media and Marketing Manager. 
• Identify opportunities and content for paid campaigns.
• Work with the Digital Media and Marketing Manager to evaluate the impact of organic and paid social media activity through monthly reporting and analysis of larger initiatives and campaigns.

Other

• Champion RCUK brand and style guidelines to ensure RCUK communications are consistent across all comms channels. 
• Use Canva/Adobe suite to design BAU social media graphics and toolkits for campaigns.
• Ensure our content is accessible and reflects the diverse resuscitation community and society as a whole. 
• Represent and promote the organisation and its products at internal and external events that RCUK is exhibiting at. 
• Manage the Communications inbox on a rota basis with the Media and Campaigns Officer & Policy and Public Affairs Officer.
• There is an occasional need for weekend/evening working and time off in lieu is granted in line with our time off in lieu policy.
• Support writing creative briefs for external design agency. 

How to apply

Please email your CV, covering letter and Equality & Diversity monitoring form to us with 'Digital Media and Marketing Officer' in the subject line.

The closing date for applications is 17:00 Monday 18 November 2024.

Interviews for this role will take place Thursday 28 November 2024.

Please note: We reserve the right to close this advert early if enough suitable applicants apply.

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK. Sponsorship is not available.

Action for Conservation is a grassroots charity using pioneering approaches to inspire and empower young people from diverse backgrounds, between the ages of 12 and 24, to become the next generation of environmental leaders. We're looking to appoint a Senior Programmes Manager - North West (Maternity cover) to help us shape and manage our programmes for young people nationally and lead our work in the North West.
 

Key terms

Start date: as soon as possible
Starting salary: £36,749.45 - £40,773.98 depending on location and experience
Contract: Fixed-term for 12 months, with possibility to extend this if needed
Hours: Full-time, 35 hours per week
Evening and weekend work: Regular evening and weekend work, including residential work, will be required. Time off in lieu (TOIL) can be taken for overtime worked.  
Location: Remote or Manchester/London/Bristol (hybrid) - to be agreed with the successful candidate 
Travel: Regular travel to Manchester and the North West of England will be required where this is not the jobholder’s usual place of work, as well as occasional national travel for meetings

About the role

This opportunity comes at a unique and exciting time in the evolution of our charity, as we look at how we continue to grow our work sustainably and deepen the connections between our youth and land-based work streams.

As Senior Programme Manager, you will have the opportunity to shape our work nationally as well as lead our programmes in the North West of England, enabling us to grow our reach, deepen our impact and ultimately deliver our mission. Your work will ensure that across our programmes we offer young people meaningful and impactful opportunities to take action for people and the planet and have a voice in shaping the future of our landscapes. 

You will work closely with and report to the Head of Impact and Programme Operations. You will also line manage the other regional Programme Managers and a team of two Programme Coordinators in the North West, and will collaborate with the Land-Based Projects and Policy Lead and the Land-based Project Coordinator at the intersection of our youth programmes and land-based work.

With support from your manager and in consultation with the other regional Programme Managers, you will translate our annual programme strategy into a robust cross-regional implementation plan covering both programme design and operations and make tangible improvements to enhance efficiency and impact across our regions. You will also be responsible for ensuring that our programmes are delivered as planned, to a high standard in line with best practice and cohesively across regions, and that regional objectives and targets in the North West are achieved.

The ideal candidate will be a highly capable and experienced project/programmes manager and team leader with a proven track record of motivating and supporting others to achieve the best possible outcomes for your team and your programmes. 

Key responsibilities

• Lead Action for Conservation’s work in the North West, ensuring that regional targets and objectives are achieved and supporting the expansion of our programmes and projects in line with our organisational strategy.

• Support the cross-regional planning and management of our programmes to ensure that programmes are delivered on time and to budget, to a high standard and cohesively across regions. 

• Line manage the other regional Programme Manager and the North West Programme Coordinators, providing leadership, guidance and support as needed.

For a full job description and person specification please see the Recruitment Pack.

Why work with us?

You’ll be joining a young, mission-driven team who truly love what they do. Working with young people is always rewarding, sometimes challenging and never boring, and you’ll get to experience first-hand the positive impact that your work has. We work hard whilst maintaining a positive work-life balance and spend lots of time outdoors. In 2023, we were recognised by Escape the City as one of the top progressive places to work from over 13,000 nominations, after a rigorous assessment across six criteria, including Mission, Impact, People, Planet and Innovation.

Some of the benefits of working at Action for Conservation include:

• 25 days of annual leave plus public holidays, plus one additional day for each year served up to a maximum of 30 days
• Up to 5 days of professional development leave and up to 4 paid volunteer days each year
• A workplace pension with 3% employer contributions
• Access to flexible working to help you maintain a healthy work-life balance
• Regular team and organisational away days in the great outdoors
• Joining a growing organisation with the possibility to progress within the team as opportunities arise
• A robust training package and a bespoke development plan to support your progression and career aims  
• Opportunities to share your voice and shape the direction of our work, ensuring that our content is relevant and reflective of your interests and the issues facing your community
• Seeing the impact of what you do, as you transform young people's lives

Our commitment to diversity

Diversity is one of our core values as an organisation and we are committed to creating an inclusive working environment where diversity is valued and there is equality of opportunity. We also recognise that the climate and ecological crisis disproportionately impacts minority and/or marginalised communities – yet these voices are largely underrepresented in the sector. Currently, the environmental sector is the second least diverse in the UK, with just 4.8% of employees from ethnic minority backgrounds. If the environmental movement is to succeed in creating a greener future that supports society as a whole, we need diverse voices at the heart of our programmes. We therefore encourage people from demographics that are currently underrepresented in the environmental movement to apply. 

Guaranteed interview scheme

We particularly encourage applications from people from ethnic minority backgrounds or living with a disability or long-term health conditions. We will offer an interview to any candidates from ethnic minority backgrounds or living with a disability who opt into our Guaranteed Interview Scheme when applying and who meet the essential criteria for this role.

How to apply

The deadline for applications is Sunday 10 November 2024 at midnight. Please click on 'Apply' to complete the online application form.

If you would like further information, support with access requirements, such as an adjustment to the application or interview process, or an informal chat, please contact us by email.

NAPAC is seeking Call and Email Handlers for our support services in Stockport

NAPAC provides the only free national support service for adult survivors of all types of childhood abuse. We offer specialist, confidential support to all adult survivors of any type of abuse, operated by experienced staff and trained volunteers.

We are looking for new colleagues who are empathetic and resilient with a real passion for supporting people through their healing journey. We want our team to reflect the diversity of the people we support, and actively encourage applicants with different lived experience.

NAPAC works closely with the criminal justice and public health sectors. We support survivors to navigate and understand their options with criminal and civil law, and in healing and recovery. Choice is key, and our website provides a lot of free information for survivors and those supporting them. 

As a trusted public-health organisation, people use NAPAC’s services to support their overall health and wellbeing, to build and improve their resilience, and to be able to make brave, positive choices every day – including asking for help when they need it.

Those using our services ask for support with a range of concerns, including anxiety, depression, isolation, navigating relationships, dissociative identity disorder, reporting to the police, domestic and sexual violence, boundaries, and complex post-traumatic stress. For many, contacting NAPAC is a first step to recovering from trauma and leading happier, more fulfilled lives.

NAPAC support service often hear from adult survivors that are disclosing their childhood abuse for the very first time, so sensitivity, safety and confidentiality are highly important.

So, if you are someone who is looking to make a real difference in the lives of the people we support by empowering them through emotional support, and understanding, then this job role is perfect for you.

As a support line Call Handler, you will be a key member of our dedicated team, providing emotional support and a safe environment for callers with a wide range of complex issues.

NAPAC offers full training and hands-on support for call handlers with every call they receive. You will use the knowledge and skills you’ve developed through our training to explore issues relating to childhood abuse and it how it effects adulthood and signpost callers to relevant resources and services that can provide more in-depth support. Calls are caller-led, and you will be there to empower each caller to take back control in their lives.

Key Responsibilities:

• Follow confidentiality and safeguarding policies
• Provide appropriate signposting to external services in accordance to callers identified needs.
• Ensuring that key record keeping is maintained to the required standard and contributing to service monitoring requirements
• You will have the emotional resilience to be able to support individuals who may be severely distressed, experienced trauma, and people who may be at risk of harm.
• The ability to think on your feet to support callers who may call during panic attacks or flashbacks
• Excellent communication skills, spoken and written.
• Providing email support to individuals.
• Being flexible in your approach to your work in line with changing and growing needs of the support service.
• To be Caller led and be able to keep your own personal boundaries whilst working in your own unique way.

Salary: £26,520 per annum, pro rata, plus pension and an employee benefits package.

Hours:  17.5 per week (0.5 FTE) to be worked flexibly across the week, in person. Remote and hybrid working is not available for this role.

Contract: One year, with possibility of extension subject to funding.

Closing date for applications: 10am Monday 11 November 2024.

Application is by completion of the NAPAC application form. CVs cannot be accepted.

Interview Date: Shortlisted applicants will be contacted directly. We anticipate holding in-person interviews in the weeks beginning Monday 18 and 25 November, in Stockport.

A job description and application form can be downloaded from our website

About the role:

Working within a passionate team providing an effective, high quality support service to address the presenting needs of clients with complex needs in relation to poly substance misuse, mental health, and a wide variety of associated issues (including: street activity, offending, physical health, background of complex trauma.)

The primary role of the project is to enable clients to understand their emotional and mental health needs and manage these effectively. Project workers will also support clients to develop their living skills, develop & manage relationships, build social networks and access education, training or employment, by completing comprehensive needs and risk assessments with clients and identifying short-term objectives.

Project workers will need to be resilient, innovative, flexible and creative. A commitment to working collaboratively and within a recovery framework. There will be an element of housing management work with the expectation that clients manage a successful tenancy before moving on to more independent housing.

The Project Worker role be required to work a rota inclusive of early, lates weekends, on average one weekend in four.

About you:

• Resilient, innovative, flexible and creative. A commitment to working collaboratively and within a recovery framework. 
• Passionate about supporting clients to develop their living skills, develop & manage relationships, build social networks and access education, training or employment.
• Demonstrable experience of working with people experiencing mental health problems and other complex needs.
• A good understanding of safeguarding issues and the ability to undertake comprehensive risk assessments related to this.
• A proven ability to work in partnership with external stakeholders, particularly community mental health services and/or substance use services.
• A level of numeracy sufficient to carry out tasks such as budgeting with clients, calculating benefit entitlements and monitoring rent payments.

About us:

Single Homeless Project is a London-wide charity. Our vision is of a society where everyone has a place to call home and the chance to live a fulfilling life.

We help single Londoners by preventing homelessness, providing support and accommodation, promoting wellbeing, enhancing opportunity, and being a voice for change. From supporting people in crisis to helping people take the final steps towards independence and employment, we make a difference to 10,000 lives every year across all 32 boroughs.

We offer you more than a job; we offer you a chance to be part of a compassionate, driven team that's committed to making a real difference in people's lives. You'll have the opportunity to lead, co-create, and inspire change while enjoying a collaborative, growth-oriented environment.

Join us in creating a brighter, more hopeful future for individuals in need. 

Important info:

Closing date: Sunday 3rd November at midnight

Interview date: Wednesday 13th November via Microsoft Teams 

This post will require an Enhanced DBS check to be processed for the successful applicant. 

Key Responsibilities

To work closely with the Evidence & Advocacy Manager (EAM) to develop and implement a series of impactful evidence and research projects that support our advocacy messaging, as well as internal and external learning for inclusive programmes and advisory work. These projects will build on established workstreams alongside developing new ones to maintain and extend CBM UK’s evidence base.

Disability Evidence, Policy Research and Learning

With EAM support the ongoing CBM UK Research and Evidence workstream, through:

1. Translating evidence from our programming countries and projects to produce and contribute to a range of resources to influence FCDO and other stakeholders. Tasks to include managing and maintaining established outputs, such as the CBM UK Project Evidence Briefs and Disability Voices paper series, generating new thematic papers, as well as policy and position papers to enhance effective advocacy submissions, briefing notes, blogs and other messaging on key disability rights issues.

2. Working collaboratively within CBM UK and across CBM Global to help develop and to deliver new policy research, drawing on mixed methods and data sources including national and international databases, using qualitative approaches including participatory or citizen generated data, and new empirical work.

3. Supporting Programme staff to improve impact and learning practice in CBM UK funded projects, provide technical support for the implementation of programme related research and data collection, including MEAL.

4. Providing technical research support into the development of proposals for new grant funded projects, and, where successful, support the management of subsequent research projects.

5. Keeping abreast of new research and publications on key themes and priority concerns within the CBM UK Advocacy and Influencing Strategy, taking into consideration sector trends and developments, and ensure this is disseminated to relevant staff within the CBM UK Team.

6. Keeping watch on UK policy environment and conducting research and analysis to support CBM UK advocacy messaging on disability and human rights.

Dissemination and Communications

1. Maintaining and developing internal knowledge management systems for research and information on disability inclusion and rights, and related areas, to be used by Advocacy, Programmes and Fundraising & Communications teams.

2. Ensuring communication plans are developed with CBM UK and Global Federation colleagues for CBM UK evidence outputs.

3. Maintaining the Advocacy and Influencing pages of the CBM UK website ensuring rights-based communication and focus to support CBM UK and Global campaigns.

4. Liaison with Fundraising & Communications colleagues to amplify media stories, case studies and compelling evidence from country programming for advocacy purposes.

5. Participation in and building good relationships with UK-based disability and development networks, including relevant research networks and membership of the BOND Disability and Development Group.

6. Supporting the professional publication and printing of CBM UK outputs, for dissemination at advocacy engagements and public events.

Other

1. Work with other CBM UK teams to maximise cross fertilisation opportunities and integrated working.

2. Help develop a culture of enthusiasm and success, reflecting the ambitions of CBM. Play an active role across CBM, promoting positive working and innovation. Ensure that the values of CBM UK are understood by external partners and always reflected in communications.

3. Identify opportunities to initiate and contribute to new initiatives and events, both within CBM UK and externally.

4. Provide briefings and analysis for the CEO and other Leadership Team members where appropriate.

5. Carry out any other duties as required by the Evidence & Advocacy Manager, Director of Advocacy, and CEO.

Please download the recruitment pack for full details.

Charity People is honoured to partner with the award-winning charity My Life Films in their search for an experienced Interim Executive Director. This empowering and impactful charity is excited to welcome an experienced Interim CEO who is eager and motivated to come into My Life Films and make an immediate impact within the organisation.

My Life Films

Position - Interim Executive Director (ED)

Duration -6 months FTC, start mid to late November 2024

Location - Hybrid (3 days from home, one day in central London in a co-working space)

Salary - £50,000 for 4 days a week (FTE £62,500)

About My Life Films

My Life Films is an award-winning charity that uses film and TV to enrich and support the lives of people affected by dementia. This includes My Life TV, our specialist on-demand streaming service, with bespoke curated content designed to improve wellbeing. We are also known for our award-winning life story film service.

My Life TV is carefully put together with a wide range of content to enable people living with dementia to feel stimulated and connected to the world, improving their mental health and supporting their essential care. We work with highly respected content partners as well as produce our own programming in partnership with trusted organisations in the dementia care field and more widely.

About the Role

This is a hugely exciting opportunity for an experienced and confident interim CEO to come into the organisation and lead it during this important transition period, which is where we are shifting our model from in-house sales and marketing to a partner-led approach. We believe this will be the best way to reach and deliver benefits to people affected by dementia. This role will secure this partnership and develop a new strategy for My Life Film's next chapter.

Our current Executive Director is moving on for family reasons, having stewarded the charity and led the development and expansion of My Life TV over the past two years. She will remain available part-time with My Life Films for a short handover period.

Reporting to the Board of Trustees, the Interim ED will be responsible for all aspects of the charity's work and will be passionate about our work supporting people with dementia, entrepreneurial and collaborative, with commercial Business Development, Partnerships, and experience of charity mergers would be beneficial (but is not essential) as we have an experienced Board who will be on hand to support you.

As leader of the My Life Films team, you will also work across governance, finance, income generation, and impact. You will be responsible for delivering My Life Films' immediate strategy and working with the Board of Trustees.

About You

- Progress strategic partnership discussions for My Life TV with existing partners and identified potential partners to move to a wholesale or reseller model for My Life TV, or potentially acquisition of the service by another charity, company or care organisation

- Develop financial and operational models for potential partnerships, including scenario planning and P&L analysis, involving content, tech, marketing, and charitable impact. Lead negotiations, bringing in commercial, accounting, or legal support as needed.

- Work with the Board to create a strategic plan for My Life TV and new dementia-focused services, aligning with the charity's mission.

- Oversee daily operations, including finance, income generation, content production, partnerships, and reporting.

- Secure necessary funding through trusts, foundations, care groups, and events, representing My Life Films to stakeholders.

- Cultivate a positive environment, recruit and restructure as needed and provide coaching to enhance team performance.

How to apply

To express your interest in this role, send your CV and a cover letter of no more than one side explaining how you believe you can support us as our interim ED, the relevant skills and experience you bring, and your motivation for applying. We will review applications on a rolling basis, so do not delay. Expressions of interest must be submitted by 6th November to Senior Appointments at Charity People

For over thirty years, we've recruited extraordinarily talented people into rewarding and vital positions for some of the biggest and smallest non-profit organisations in the UK and internationally. We also work in partnership with organisations that support diversity in the workplace, recognising the need for continual diverse partnerships in our work. We're proud to be the chosen recruitment partner for many Charities, Universities, Membership bodies and Institutes.

Closing date 6th Nov 2024
Interviews w/c 11th Nov 2024